Review of Wing Commander (1999) by Jason — 26 Nov 2008

A super dumbed-down Star Wars with plenty of shoot em up, but nothing interesting.

This review of Wing Commander (1999) was written by Jason on 26 Nov 2008.

Wing Commander has generally received negative reviews.

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